{"product_id":"9781556437649","title":"The Feline Plague","description":"By: Maja Novak     \u003chr\u003eA deftly written novel brimming with magical realist touches, \u003ci\u003eThe Feline Plague \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of Ira, a Slovenian child who discovers early the cruelty of the adult world—particularly the mistreatment of animals. Ira struggles to reconcile her life with a world in which people are small-minded, the chances for happiness are few, and petty tyrants rule. She takes a job with The Lady, a capitalist entrepreneur who runs the Ark, a pet emporium where she expects “pets will become the new jewelry.” Ira careens into adulthood alongside a fairy-tale cast: her evil mother and sisters, a benevolent grandmother, best friend and alter ego Felipe, a blind painter who moonlights as a window dresser, and a pair of twins so identical their employer thinks they’re one person. Acclaimed novelist Maja Novak masterfully conjures a series of vivid tableaux, setting Ira loose in a world where miniature wooden animals come to life—where jealousy, dreams, and realities unfold as Ira’s rite of passage parallels the backdrop of communism’s dying days and capitalism’s shaky start.","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46395718041827,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9781556437649","price":102.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9781556437649.jpg?v=1748304113","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/9781556437649","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}